From News at the "Fields" (Feb. 1973) comes word that Mr. Yasutaro Goto, for many years the president of the Japan Leprosy Mission, passed away. As a young man he came under the influence of Dr. Kagawa and Dr. Mitsuda, two great Christian leaders. Out of this association came Mr. Goto's own Christian commitment and the development of the Japan Leprosy Mission which serves the spiritual and soci...

*"Tyagaraj",9-14-14,CBM Compound, Uplands, Visakhapatnam 530 003. B Pre Eminent Parasite Hunter: The commemorative stamp was issued by Brazil on 28 Dec 1959 to mark the centenary of the discovery of Schistosomiasis by Bilharz. The stamp depicts the profile of Dr Piraja da Silva and an inset showing the leaf-shaped adult male trematode (fluke) of S. mansoni holding a single threadlike female in ...

The author shows that the objects of the College, the promotion of public health, reduction of the danger of self-administration of medicines, and the provision of a helpful service to members have been fulfilled. Members, termed 'Fellows', must have practical experience as registered pharmacists and agree to comply with both laws and ethics relating to pharmacy and with the rules of the Colleg...

A lexis Carrel, recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Medicine, was born in a small townnear Lyon, France, on June 28, 1873. His father, a wealthy textile manufacturer, died when he was 5 years old. He was educated in Jesuit schools and entered medical school in 1890, at the age of 17. During the 1890s, Carrel interned at several hospitals near Lyon and was described as a “good but not brilliant...

Palaearctic species of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 are revised. A total of 47 species are recognized, one of which, M. baridioides sp. n. is new to science. Mecinus dorsalis var. tavaresi Hoffmann, 1958 (stat. rev.) is considered as a distinct species, whereas M. alboscutellatus var. atratulus (Solari, 1933) is maintained as a subspecies of M. alboscutellatus (Hustache, 1913). The fol...

Ulomimus indicus Bates, 1873 of the tribe Ulomini is recorded for the first time from China (Guangxi and Hainan), Indonesia (Sumatra) and Thailand (Chiang Dao). A redescription of the male and the first description of the female are also provided.